How To Install intel-gpu-tools on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install intel-gpu-tools on Ubuntu.

What is `intel-gpu-tools`

intel-gpu-tools is:

intel-gpu-tools is a package of tools for debugging the Intel graphics driver, including a GPU hang dumping program, performance monitor, and performance microbenchmarks for regression testing the DRM.

There are three methods to install intel-gpu-tools on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install intel-gpu-tools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install intel-gpu-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install intel-gpu-tools

Install intel-gpu-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install intel-gpu-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install intel-gpu-tools

Install intel-gpu-tools Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install intel-gpu-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install intel-gpu-tools

How To Uninstall intel-gpu-tools on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the intel-gpu-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove intel-gpu-tools

Uninstall intel-gpu-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall intel-gpu-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove intel-gpu-tools

Remove intel-gpu-tools Configurations and Data

To remove intel-gpu-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge intel-gpu-tools

Remove intel-gpu-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove intel-gpu-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge intel-gpu-tools

Dependencies

intel-gpu-tools have the following dependencies:

References

intel-gpu-tools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install intel-gpu-tools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.